Process of setting tiles.



J. n. muuno. PROCESS OF SETTING TILES.

(Applicsfiun flied June 28, 1902.\

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JAMES nA-nnm MUNRO, onnnWAnK, new JERSEY.

PROCESS OF SETTING TILES.

sPEcIFIcA'rIoN forming part ofi'Lettrs Patent No. 706,474, dated August5, 1902.

Applicatiouiilecl June 28, 1902. Serial No. 11 3 557 '(No specimens.)

To all whom, it may. cancer-1t.-

Be it known that 1, JAM S HARDIE Munno,

of Newark, New J ersey, hfl vein'vented oer tain Improvements inProcesses of Setting Tiles, of which the following. description, in

connection with the accompanying drawings,

is a specification, like numerals on thedrawings designating like parts.

This invention relates to the art'ofsettiug tiles, and has for itsparticular object a process for preparing the tiles inassernbled re-.lation for transportation and application to} the bedding of cement onwall, ceiling, floor,:

or similar surface.

It has been customary prior to my inventionbefore setting tiles-as, forexample, the

small, fiat, circular, or polygonal tiles of lozenge-likeappearanceused'in the floors of bath-rooms and in similarsituations toas semble a quantity of the tiles upon a suitable surface and apply totheir face a'sheetofpa interstices between the tilesare filled withgrouting from the face side.

The assemblage ofthe tiles prior to setting and their transfer in matform presents many and obvious advantages; but the use of a pa persupport, to which the tiles are. attached by their faces, isobjectionable in that, among other deficiencies, it prevents the workmanfrom seeing the tiles 'at the time of theirintroduction to the beddingof cement, nor can he fill in the grouting until the paper has beenremoved, both of these deficiencies tending, for obvious reasons, tocause lack of uniformity in the finished tile-surface.

My invention contemplates the connecting of the tiles loosely fortransportation in such manner as to permit convenient access tothetile-surfaces during the operation of cementing in position to enableadjustment and cementation of the tiles while still connected, and thevarious features of my invention will be illustrated and described fullyin the accompanying drawings and specification, and pointed out in theclaims.

In the drawings, Figure 1 shows in rear plan a group of tile membersprovided with means in which my improvements have been embodiedto holdthem in assembled relation preparatory to setting. Fig. 2 is a sectionalview ofsuch a group of tiles in place, showing bedding and grouting. Fi3 is a view similarto Fig. 1, the members in this instance being ofpolygonal contourya'nd Fig. 4 is a view similar to Figs. 1 and 2, butshowing the face of an assemblage of tiles of difierentcontours, theholding means being indicated in dotted lines.

Inthe embodiment of my invention selected.

for illustration and description as a convenient form to enable areadyand complete understanding of my improvements, referring to Figs.land 2, the members'designated by the reference-numerals 1 to 7,inclusive, may be considered as representing the small vitreous ceramictile members used commonly inthe flooring of bath-rooms and like situations and in the instance illustrated are about of thedimensionsindicated. These are con nected together with each other by means tohold them in assembled relation to enable them to be transferred thus tothe place where they are to be set, "the holding means in accordancewith my invention being so constructed as to permit the workman to seeand manipulate the individual members during the setting operation, topermit also access of the cement of the bedding to the rear surface ofthe members,introduction of grouting to the interstices of the mat-likeassemblageof members, and a certain capability of limited universalmovement of the individual members relatively to each other to enabletheir relative positions to be controlled with nicety singly or bycompression or expansion of the mat as a whole in its plane. Thesevarious features are all secured in a convenient and advantageous mannerby the highly-flexible strands '8 to 13,inclusive, of-

twine, lead, orother suitable non-metallic material or metallicmaterial, in the selection of which the exigencies of particularsituations will control more or less, and I wish it understood thatwhile I prefer to provide in each instance for all the capabilitiesnoted in the preceding paragraph neverthelessI do not deem the omissionof one or more ive form of holding means permitting free 7 bers, andFig. 4' illustrates a slightly-differ-. .ent character of tiling, themembers to 23- manipulation, another form being shown in Fig. 3,- wheresimilar strands 19 are secured 'in parallelism to hold in assembledrelation the group of which 16, 17, and 18 are mem- Whereof are held asagroup by the ties or ligaments 2i.

Fig. 2, a vertical section on the line as m,

Fig. 1, illustrates a typical installation of tiling in which thereference-numeral designates a bedding ofcement, to which the members 1,4-, and 6 have been introduced with the side secured to the strands 8 910 '12 toward the cement, and thereafter grouting" has been filled inthe interstices, as indicated, at 26.

I have shown several arrangements of tiles and ties to illustrate someof the capabilities of myinvention; but manyother applications thereofwill occur to those skilled in the art,

' with many changes and modifications both in the arrangement and natureof the strands,

ties, or other devices composing the foraminous holding meanscontemplated by my invention and forming the subject of my application,Serial No. 90,324, filed January 18, 1902.

Having thus fully illustrated and described my invention, what I claim,and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

1. That improvement in the art of preparing and setting tiles consistingin connecting said tiles loosely for transportation; adjusting saidtiles, in situ, While still connected; and cementing said'tiles inadjusted position, substantially as described.

2. That improvement in the art of setting tiles which consists inconnecting the respective tile members together flexibly, foradjustment, and in such a manner as to leave substantially the entirereverse portions free ,to access; and cementing and grouting the tilewhile said members are still connected, substantially as described.

Signed at New York, in the county of New York and State of New York,this 27th day of June, A. I). 1902.

JAMES HARD'IE MUNRO.

Witnesses:

ALEXANDER C. PROUDFIT, HARRY H. WALTON.

